Things that do & don't matter

Things we care about:

• going fast downwind
• building a crew of people who actually choose to race dirty thirties like Brightwork
  
• a dead good boat builder (Simon Rogers) http://www.rogersyachtdesign.com/
  
• a great sail maker (White Sails, Warsash)
• successes of thirty footers elsewhere - Cone of Silence, Towtruck and their pals
  

Stuff that doesn't matter:

• displacement boats
  
• winning on handicap
• little luxuries like standing room in the cabin, privacy for the heads, luxury sleeping berths, gas cooking
  
• anything to do with IRC ratings
• sigma 38's
• upwind/downwind cans racing
  
• superstar egos